Social media reports say Farah Mohamed Shirdon, a former Calgary man, has been killed fighting in Iraq for ISIS.

Iraqi tribesmen opposed to the ISIS jihadists help secure the main highway linking Baghdad to Jordan. There are reports that a Calgary man fighting for ISIS has been killed.

By:The Canadian Press, Published on Fri Aug 15 2014

CALGARY—The federal government says it is aware of reports that a Canadian has been killed in Iraq.

But the Foreign Affairs Department isn’t confirming it is Farah Mohamed Shirdon, a former Calgary man whom the CBC has identified as having been radicalized in Canada and gone to the Middle East to fight for.

The CBC cited several social media reports out of Iraq saying Shirdon has been killed.

Earlier this year, the network aired a propaganda video of Shirdon burning his Canadian passport and threatening U.S. President Barack Obama.

Foreign Affairs says it is monitoring the situation closely. It is advising against all non-essential travel to Iraq because of the “dangerous and unpredictable security situation” there.

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